London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London

About the institution

London College of Fashion (LCF) is part of the University of the Arts London. The college houses the largest fashion library and archive in the UK and has a dedicated Fashion Business School. It also has a dye and flax garden where students can grow crops and plants that can be used to create fabrics and natural dyes. Cordwainers at LCF allows students to specialise in footwear. Students have completed placements with the likes of Alexander McQueen, Topshop and Cordwainers alumni Jimmy Choo.